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See also Cricket Trophies.
| The oldest active trophy in international sport; first contested in 1851 as the 1,000 Guineas Cup, for a race around the Isle of Wight; renamed after the first winner |
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America's Cup |
| Presented to the winner of the annual match between England and Scotland |
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Calcutta Cup |
| Named after the rugby club that presented it to the RFU on its disbandment in 1878; made from silver rupees withdrawn from the club's bank account | ||
| Has three king cobras as handles, and an elephant on the top | ||
| The world's oldest sporting trophy: awarded to the winner of a rowing race on the Thames between six apprentice watermen, held annually since 1715 |
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Doggett's Coat & Badge |
| Commissioned in 1997 to be presented to the winners of rugby union matches between England and Australia |
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Cook Cup |
Presented to the winners of baseball's (so–called) World Series
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Commissioner's Trophy |
| Awarded to the winner of the Scotland v. Wales match in the Six Nations Championship (rugby union); named after a former Scotland lock forward, who died of motor neurone disease in 2022, aged 52 (having been diagnosed in 2016) |
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Doddie Weir Cup |
| Awarded to the winner of the France v Italy match in the Six Nations Championship (rugby union); designed by former French international and professional sculptor Jean–Pierre Rives, awarded for the first time in 2007 as part of the celebrations of the bicentenary of the birth of the honouree |
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Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy |
| Annual competitions for amateur boxing in the USA (since 1927) |
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Golden Gloves |
| Tennis tournament, founded in 2017: Team Europe v. Team World
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Laver Cup |
| Stolen from a Stanley Gibbons stamp exhibition at Westminster City Hall, 20 March 1966; found under a hedge 7 days later by a dog called Pickles |
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Jules Rimet Trophy (Football World Cup) |
| Named after the 16th Earl of Derby
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Stanley Cup |
| On top of the Wimbledon Men's singles trophy is a miniature representation of a
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Pineapple |
| Best player (sponsored by adidas, 2010) – there are silver and bronze versions for runners–up; Bobby Charlton in 1966 is the only British winner |
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Golden Ball |
| Award for highest scorer – silver and bronze versions since 1982; won by Gary Lineker in 1986 and Harry Kane in 2018 |
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Golden Shoe (often referred to as the Golden Boot) |
| Award for best goalkeeper (since 1994) |
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Yashin Award |
| Q (usually): In which sport is the … awarded? | A: | |
| The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the team that wins the most prestigious annual competition in |
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American football |
| The Jim Thorpe Award goes to the season's top defensive back at college level, in | ||
| The Heisman Trophy is awarded annually to the outstanding player at college level, in | ||
| The Charles Brownlow Trophy (commonly known as the Brownlow Medal) is awarded each season to the "best and fairest" player, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game, in |
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Australian Rules football |
| The Thomas Cup is the world championship for men's teams, and the Uber Cup is the women's equivalent, in |
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Badminton |
| Roberto Clemente award (named after a player who died in a plane crash in 1972, while delivering supplies to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake) is awarded by public vote, to the player who best exemplifies sportsmanship and community spirit, as well as contributing to his team, in |
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Baseball |
| The W. M. Leonard Trophy is the trophy for the world (outdoor) championships in |
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Bowls |
| The Middleton Cup is the UK Men's National Inter-County Competition |
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Bowls (crown green) |
| The Waterloo Handicap is a prestigious tournament, held at and named after a hotel in Blackpool, in | ||
| The Grey Cup is the most prestigious annual competition and trophy in
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Canadian football |
| The MacRobertson International Shield is the premier international team event in |
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Croquet |
| The Air Canada Silver Broom is the annual world championships for; Scotland play Canada for the Strathcona Cup, in |
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Curling |
| The Henri Delaunay Trophy is the European Nations' cup in |
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Football |
| Alan Hardaker Trophy | ||
| The Sam Maguire Cup is the premier knockout competition in |
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Gaelic football |
| The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world championship for men's amateur teams, in |
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Golf |
| The Aga Khan Cup and the Beighton Cup are two prestigious tournaments played in India, in |
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Hockey |
| The Stanley Cup is awarded to the American–Canadian champions, and the Castle Eden Cup is a UK competition, in |
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Ice Hockey |
| The Iroquois Cup is a competition for English club teams, in |
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Lacrosse |
| The Jan Kjellstrom Festival (named after the Swede who was largely responsible for popularising the sport in Britain, but died in a road accident in 1967 aged 27) is a major annual event in Britain, whose winner receives the trophy of the same name, in |
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Orienteering |
| Queens Cup, Royal Windsor Cup, Westchester Cup |
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Polo |
| The Mosconi Cup (first played in 1994) is an annual competition between Europe and the USA in
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Pool (9–ball) |
| The Harmsworth Trophy is an historically important British International trophy in |
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Powerboat racing |
| Grand Challenge Cup; Britannia Cup, Prince Philip Cup, Stewards' Cup |
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Rowing (Henley Regatta) |
| Harry Sunderland Trophy, Lance Todd Trophy, Steve Prescott Man of Steel Award
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Rugby League |
| The Winfield Trophy is Australia's most prestigious trophy in | ||
| Bowring Bowl (Oxford v. Cambridge) |
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Rugby Union |
| The United Hospitals Cup – contested by London's six medical schools – is said to be the world's oldest cup competition in | ||
| Calcutta Cup (England v. Scotland – made from melted down rupees) | ||
| Bledisloe Cup (Australia v. New Zealand) | ||
| The Ranfurly Shield is New Zealand's most prestigious trophy in | ||
| The Millennium Trophy – initiated in 1988 as part of Dublin's millennium celebrations – is awarded to the winners of the annual match between England and Ireland, in | ||
| James A. Reid Championship Shield |
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Sheepdog trials (!) |
| Camanachd Cup |
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Shinty |
| Queen's Prize (competed for at the Commonwealth Games) |
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Shooting |
| Kolapore Cup | ||
| The Ashburton Shield is the annual national championships for UK schools, in | ||
| The Elcho Shield is an annual competition between teams of eight from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, in | ||
| King George VI Gold Cup, Queen Elizabeth II Gold Cup |
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Show Jumping |
| Paul Hunter Trophy
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Snooker |
| Swaythling Cup, Corbillon Cup: team prizes for the world championships in
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Table Tennis |
| Venus Rosewater Dish
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Tennis |
| Federation Cup (first contested in 1963; renamed in 1997, and again in 2020)
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| Wightman Cup (1923–89) | ||
| Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, Norman Brookes Challenge Cup
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| Hopman Cup (an international tournament for mixed teams, played since 1989 in Perth, Western Australia, in January or late December) | ||
| The Weber Cup is an annual competition (first contested in 2000) between the USA and Europe, in
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Tenpin bowling |
| Lugano Trophy (1961–97); Eschborn Cup (women's equivalent – 1979–97) |
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Walking |
| Louis Vuitton Cup; BOC Trophy (Round the world) |
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Yachting |
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